Paul S

Hi guys, I did what the mechanic tolled me to do. Took the cap off, run the engine till hot, fans came on a couple of times (though the resistors controlling the fans stayed cold), I reved it up to 4000-5000 a few times, kept it at 3500 for a while, unfortunately the rear heater pipes always stayed cold and I couldn

Hi chrispb123456, I tried to do what you said, started the engine cold without the cap to look for bubbles. Well there were plenty of them. It looked like foam coming out of the little return line. I couldn

New observations, adventures or whatever you want to call it, with mysterious Galaxy. Lately I have been driving my car for short drives only, 10min or so, there was no need to go anywhere. Today I took it for a longer drive. To begin with the temp shot up like crazy, I was sure I would have to stop in the middle of motorway. I took it up to 70 for a few minutes, came to a roundabout, suddenly, it was like something just happened in the engine and in 2-3 seconds the temp and everything went straight to normal. I presume the stat had opened. The next 10-15 min I was on the motorway and everything was fine. Turned off to back roads and oil temp started to rise. In 10min it went up to 160C. (By the way, what is the normal oil temp?) On the way back home (after about 3hours) I started the engine and momentarily the oil temp display showed 259 then it settled around 160. After few minutes of driving it didn

Hi all, I will try to find the aux pump. Anyway if it is only there to assist in rear heating circulation it shouldn

Thanks for your reply. The problem has been there for a while but it always showed itself in different ways. Before I changed the rad or so I could go forever at 60-70mph with no probs, after 80 the temp started to rise. I see what you are saying about the head gasket and I thought of that too. However the problem seems to disappear when eventually the rad gets hot and the thermostat opens (it would take a while though as there is no good circulation). What would the symptoms be if the oil cooler is blocked? Has anybody had to deal with it? The rad, as I said earlier, was blocked completely, I couldn

Have the same problem; Ford Galaxy 1.9 TD 1999; boils 10min after start (pushes liquid from the expansion tank). Rad is cold, engine is hot. Previous owner put lots of powder into the system. Changed the stat (the old one was still good), changed the rad (was completely blocked), new pump fitted (damaged the old one when lost water), changed the cap, no head gasket symptoms. Car runs brilliant except for the prob. There are three pipes connected to the area near the pump and the stat (steel one, hose and return from the rad). The return from the rad stays cold but other two are boiling hot. Recently tried to blow into the top of the rad; liquid comes out of the top of the engine hence the stat is not stuck, it just never gets chance to get hot therefore stays closed. The returning flow seems to bypass the stat. Water is circulating back to the exp tank; pump ok. I read somewhere that oil cooler may cause the problem. It might well be blocked as the old rad was but the way it